Beginning March 14, a pass demonstrating full vaccination against Covid will no longer be required to access cinemas in France. Nor will it be obligatory for entry to theaters, bars, restaurants, amusement parks, gyms or other leisure venues. Prime Minister Jean Castex announced the upcoming changes Thursday afternoon local time.
“The situation is getting better thanks to our collective efforts,” Castex said on TF1’s mid-day news program, “We are therefore going to proceed with a new phase of easing measures.”
Since it came into effect in late January, the vaccination pass has been contested by some in France. It replaced the health pass which certified either full vaccination or a recent negative Covid test. When the pass requirements were initially introduced, there had been talk they would remain in effect until the summer. However, cases have been dropping in the country with a seven-day average of just over 53,000 new infections recorded Wednesday night,...
“The situation is getting better thanks to our collective efforts,” Castex said on TF1’s mid-day news program, “We are therefore going to proceed with a new phase of easing measures.”
Since it came into effect in late January, the vaccination pass has been contested by some in France. It replaced the health pass which certified either full vaccination or a recent negative Covid test. When the pass requirements were initially introduced, there had been talk they would remain in effect until the summer. However, cases have been dropping in the country with a seven-day average of just over 53,000 new infections recorded Wednesday night,...
- 3/3/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Afternoon subscribers, Max Goldbart here. It’s been a busy week but International Insider has you covered. Read on for in-depth analysis of the biggest international headlines of the week.
Bad Times For BBC
Licence (Fee) To Kill: It all started with a tweet. Negotiations over the BBC’s future license fee appeared to be plodding along and then suddenly they weren’t. In one of the more outrageous moves by a member of Boris Johnson’s cabinet (and that’s saying something), UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries took to Twitter last Sunday to not only announce she had frozen the license fee for the next two years, costing the corporation hundreds of millions of pounds, but also plans to scrap it entirely from 2027. “This license fee announcement will be the last,” Dorries proclaimed grandiosely. “The days of the elderly being threatened with prison sentences and bailiffs knocking on doors,...
Bad Times For BBC
Licence (Fee) To Kill: It all started with a tweet. Negotiations over the BBC’s future license fee appeared to be plodding along and then suddenly they weren’t. In one of the more outrageous moves by a member of Boris Johnson’s cabinet (and that’s saying something), UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries took to Twitter last Sunday to not only announce she had frozen the license fee for the next two years, costing the corporation hundreds of millions of pounds, but also plans to scrap it entirely from 2027. “This license fee announcement will be the last,” Dorries proclaimed grandiosely. “The days of the elderly being threatened with prison sentences and bailiffs knocking on doors,...
- 1/21/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Tributes are pouring in for Gaspard Ulliel, the French actor of Yves Saint Laurent biopic Saint Laurent and Marvel’s upcoming Moon Knight fame, who died on Wednesday after a skiing accident. He was 37.
Those adding their voices include the filmmaker Peter Webber, who directed Ulliel in Hannibal Rising, French director and actor Xavier Dolan, who cast the actor as the lead in his It’s Only the End of the World, French actors Jean Dujardin, Juliette Binoche and Anthony Delon, as well as French Prime Minister Jean Castex.
Below is a round-up of tributes, we’ll add more as they come in.
Director Peter Webber:
Shocked and saddened to hear about the death of Gaspard Ulliel at such a young age in a skiing accident. I have such fond memories of working with him all those years ago on Hannibal Rising. Rest in peace, dear friend. pic.twitter.com/U...
Those adding their voices include the filmmaker Peter Webber, who directed Ulliel in Hannibal Rising, French director and actor Xavier Dolan, who cast the actor as the lead in his It’s Only the End of the World, French actors Jean Dujardin, Juliette Binoche and Anthony Delon, as well as French Prime Minister Jean Castex.
Below is a round-up of tributes, we’ll add more as they come in.
Director Peter Webber:
Shocked and saddened to hear about the death of Gaspard Ulliel at such a young age in a skiing accident. I have such fond memories of working with him all those years ago on Hannibal Rising. Rest in peace, dear friend. pic.twitter.com/U...
- 1/19/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood and the French film industry are paying tribute to French actor Gaspard Ulliel.
The actor, who stars in Marvel’s upcoming “Moon Knight” series, died on Wednesday following a skiing accident. He was 37.
Gaspard began acting while still at school. At the age of 12 he appeared in French TV movie “Une Femme En Blanc” (“A Woman in White”) in an uncredited role. In 2007 he took on his first major English-speaking role in “Hannibal Rising,” playing Hannibal, and in 2014 played fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the critically acclaimed film “Saint Laurent.”
He will make one of his final on-screen appearances in Marvel’s upcoming Disney Plus series “Moon Knight,” in which Ulliel played Midnight Man opposite Oscar Isaac.
A spokesperson for Disney told Variety: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of our friend and colleague Gaspard Ulliel. Our thoughts are with his family and friends during this time.
The actor, who stars in Marvel’s upcoming “Moon Knight” series, died on Wednesday following a skiing accident. He was 37.
Gaspard began acting while still at school. At the age of 12 he appeared in French TV movie “Une Femme En Blanc” (“A Woman in White”) in an uncredited role. In 2007 he took on his first major English-speaking role in “Hannibal Rising,” playing Hannibal, and in 2014 played fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the critically acclaimed film “Saint Laurent.”
He will make one of his final on-screen appearances in Marvel’s upcoming Disney Plus series “Moon Knight,” in which Ulliel played Midnight Man opposite Oscar Isaac.
A spokesperson for Disney told Variety: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of our friend and colleague Gaspard Ulliel. Our thoughts are with his family and friends during this time.
- 1/19/2022
- by K.J. Yossman, Elsa Keslassy and Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
After a chaotic year marked by a five-month shutdown and Covid-related restrictions, the French box office bounced back during the last quarter of 2021, bolstered by “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and a flurry of big-budgeted U.S. and French releases.
After reopening on May 18, French theaters pulled 96 million admissions — not a bad result considering that it’s just 23.2% drop from 2019, when France’s box office broke a 50-year record. Compared with 2020, when cinemas were closed for several months, tickets were up by 47.2%, according to Comscore France. Based on an estimated average of €6.75 per ticket, the French B.O. reached €648 million ($731 million).
Hollywood tentpoles dominated the top 10 highest-grossing films of 2021, starting with Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which sold over 5 million tickets. Universal’s “No Time to Die” and Warner Bros.’s “Dune” followed. The other U.S. titles in the top 10 are Disney’s “Encanto,” Universal’s “F9,” Warner Bros.
After reopening on May 18, French theaters pulled 96 million admissions — not a bad result considering that it’s just 23.2% drop from 2019, when France’s box office broke a 50-year record. Compared with 2020, when cinemas were closed for several months, tickets were up by 47.2%, according to Comscore France. Based on an estimated average of €6.75 per ticket, the French B.O. reached €648 million ($731 million).
Hollywood tentpoles dominated the top 10 highest-grossing films of 2021, starting with Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which sold over 5 million tickets. Universal’s “No Time to Die” and Warner Bros.’s “Dune” followed. The other U.S. titles in the top 10 are Disney’s “Encanto,” Universal’s “F9,” Warner Bros.
- 1/3/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Belgium’s highest court has overturned the government’s shutdown of theaters, which was ordered last week to curb a surge in Covid cases, kicking off Dec. 26.
Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo announced the shutdown of cultural venues to prevent the spread of the omicron variant on Dec. 22 and allowed for restaurants and bars to remain open with a 11 p.m. curfew. Over the last week, the local film, TV and live entertainment industries have been protesting and staged several demonstrations across the country.
The State Council ruled on Tuesday that it didn’t see how “cultural venues such as theaters as were places that were particularly dangerous for the health and lives of people and favored the spread of the coronavirus, to a point that they had to be closed,” according to the news channel Bfmtv.
In France, where a new record was set with over 100,000 Covid cases reported within 24 hours on Dec.
Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo announced the shutdown of cultural venues to prevent the spread of the omicron variant on Dec. 22 and allowed for restaurants and bars to remain open with a 11 p.m. curfew. Over the last week, the local film, TV and live entertainment industries have been protesting and staged several demonstrations across the country.
The State Council ruled on Tuesday that it didn’t see how “cultural venues such as theaters as were places that were particularly dangerous for the health and lives of people and favored the spread of the coronavirus, to a point that they had to be closed,” according to the news channel Bfmtv.
In France, where a new record was set with over 100,000 Covid cases reported within 24 hours on Dec.
- 12/28/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Stopping short of a lockdown or the addition of curfews as some other European countries have imposed recently, France is introducing new measures to combat the spread of the Omicron variant. Chief among them affecting the entertainment industry is that consuming food and drink in cinemas will be banned beginning Monday, January 3, for a period of three weeks.
France recorded 100K new Covid cases on December 25.
While there were no new capacity restrictions added for cinemas, public gatherings will be limited to 2,000 people indoors and 5,000 outdoors. Concerts where attendees stand also are kiboshed for three weeks; in bars and cafés, patrons will have to be seated.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex made the announcement in a press conference this evening local time. Also potentially coming into effect will be the requirement to be fully vaccinated to access leisure venues, including cinemas. This measure still needs to be voted upon by the French Parliament and,...
France recorded 100K new Covid cases on December 25.
While there were no new capacity restrictions added for cinemas, public gatherings will be limited to 2,000 people indoors and 5,000 outdoors. Concerts where attendees stand also are kiboshed for three weeks; in bars and cafés, patrons will have to be seated.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex made the announcement in a press conference this evening local time. Also potentially coming into effect will be the requirement to be fully vaccinated to access leisure venues, including cinemas. This measure still needs to be voted upon by the French Parliament and,...
- 12/27/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The French box office has taken a big hit and dropped 70% this week due to the new sanitary measures enforced on July 21 which require a proof of vaccination or a recent negative Pcr test to enter cultural venues, including movie theaters.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on July 12 that the EU Digital Covid Certificate — commonly called “health pass” — would be mandatory at all cultural venues. The new measure — which has sparked protests across the country with some people calling Macron a dictator — is meant to help contain the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19 in France, as well as push people to get vaccinated. Starting on Aug. 1, the health pass will also be mandatory in cafes, shops, restaurants, as well as trains and planes, among other places.
On Wednesday (July 21), the day that the measure kicked off, theatrical admissions fell 60% to 280,000 compared with the previous day.
“It’s a dramatic situation — on Tuesday,...
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on July 12 that the EU Digital Covid Certificate — commonly called “health pass” — would be mandatory at all cultural venues. The new measure — which has sparked protests across the country with some people calling Macron a dictator — is meant to help contain the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19 in France, as well as push people to get vaccinated. Starting on Aug. 1, the health pass will also be mandatory in cafes, shops, restaurants, as well as trains and planes, among other places.
On Wednesday (July 21), the day that the measure kicked off, theatrical admissions fell 60% to 280,000 compared with the previous day.
“It’s a dramatic situation — on Tuesday,...
- 7/23/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Better uncork the Rosé, because Cannes’ nightlife is back!
Visitors traveling to the 2021 Cannes Film Festival will be able to enjoy late-night drinks and even some clubbing now that France has lifted an eight-month nightly curfew. The 11 p.m. curfew was set to remain in place until June 30, but French Prime Minister Jean Castex decided to end it earlier, citing better-than-expected data on coronavirus infection rates.
This is the first time since Oct. 30 that the French are able to enjoy their country’s legendary nightlife. The country is one of the last in Europe to have maintained a ...
Visitors traveling to the 2021 Cannes Film Festival will be able to enjoy late-night drinks and even some clubbing now that France has lifted an eight-month nightly curfew. The 11 p.m. curfew was set to remain in place until June 30, but French Prime Minister Jean Castex decided to end it earlier, citing better-than-expected data on coronavirus infection rates.
This is the first time since Oct. 30 that the French are able to enjoy their country’s legendary nightlife. The country is one of the last in Europe to have maintained a ...
- 6/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Better uncork the Rosé, because Cannes’ nightlife is back!
Visitors traveling to the 2021 Cannes Film Festival will be able to enjoy late-night drinks and even some clubbing now that France has lifted an eight-month nightly curfew. The 11 p.m. curfew was set to remain in place until June 30, but French Prime Minister Jean Castex decided to end it earlier, citing better-than-expected data on coronavirus infection rates.
This is the first time since Oct. 30 that the French are able to enjoy their country’s legendary nightlife. The country is one of the last in Europe to have maintained a ...
Visitors traveling to the 2021 Cannes Film Festival will be able to enjoy late-night drinks and even some clubbing now that France has lifted an eight-month nightly curfew. The 11 p.m. curfew was set to remain in place until June 30, but French Prime Minister Jean Castex decided to end it earlier, citing better-than-expected data on coronavirus infection rates.
This is the first time since Oct. 30 that the French are able to enjoy their country’s legendary nightlife. The country is one of the last in Europe to have maintained a ...
- 6/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
French cinemas have been shut since the end of last October, after 14-week closure last spring.
The French government could be on the verge of giving cinemas the green light to reopen from May 17 after nearly six months of closure, according to local media reports.
The speculation was sparked by a report in the satirical weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné on Wednesday (April 21), that culture minister Roselyne Bachelot had secured a government commitment to reopen all cultural places, including cinemas, from mid-May.
France has been under a second national lockdown since the beginning of April due to a third wave...
The French government could be on the verge of giving cinemas the green light to reopen from May 17 after nearly six months of closure, according to local media reports.
The speculation was sparked by a report in the satirical weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné on Wednesday (April 21), that culture minister Roselyne Bachelot had secured a government commitment to reopen all cultural places, including cinemas, from mid-May.
France has been under a second national lockdown since the beginning of April due to a third wave...
- 4/22/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
France hopes to begin opening up from May to early summer.
French president Emmanuel Macron has said cultural places could start reopening from mid-May, despite the need to impose a new round of nationwide restrictions to combat a third wave of Covid-19 in the country.
“From mid-May, we will start to open with strict rules, certain cultural places, we will authorise the opening of terraces, under certain conditions,” Macron said in a televised address to announce the new lockdown measures on Wednesday (March 31)
The longer-term goal was “to build, between mid-May and the beginning of the summer, a calendar for a progressive reopening for culture,...
French president Emmanuel Macron has said cultural places could start reopening from mid-May, despite the need to impose a new round of nationwide restrictions to combat a third wave of Covid-19 in the country.
“From mid-May, we will start to open with strict rules, certain cultural places, we will authorise the opening of terraces, under certain conditions,” Macron said in a televised address to announce the new lockdown measures on Wednesday (March 31)
The longer-term goal was “to build, between mid-May and the beginning of the summer, a calendar for a progressive reopening for culture,...
- 4/1/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
French actress Corinne Masiero sent shockwaves through Paris’ Olympia concert hall during France’s César Awards ceremony this evening when she stripped off her clothes to appear entirely naked on stage. Across her breasts and torso was written, “No culture, no future.” The move was in support of artists and technicians across the country who have been impacted by work stoppages caused by the Covid crisis and the government’s response. Scrawled across her back was a message evidently destined for Prime Minister Jean Castex: “Give us back art, Jean.”
Masiero, who is a former César nominee for Louise Wimmer, and is also known for such films as Rust And Bone and TV series like long-running mockumentary Fait Pas Ci Fait Pas Ca and the current Capitaine Marleau, first appeared on stage in a donkey costume evoking 1970 Catherine Denueve-starrer Peau D...
Masiero, who is a former César nominee for Louise Wimmer, and is also known for such films as Rust And Bone and TV series like long-running mockumentary Fait Pas Ci Fait Pas Ca and the current Capitaine Marleau, first appeared on stage in a donkey costume evoking 1970 Catherine Denueve-starrer Peau D...
- 3/12/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
More than 2,000 cinemas in France have been dark since the end of last October as part of anti-Covid-19 measures.
More than 800 key figures from the French cinema world have posted an open letter to president Emmanuel Macron in newspaper Le Monde, calling for the country’s cinemas to be reopened.
Spearheaded by French directors’ guild the Société des Réalisateurs de Film (Srf), signatories include filmmakers Jacques Audiard, Guillaume Canet, Claire Denis, Emmanuel Mouret, Chiara Mastroianni as well as actors Louise Bourgoin, Marion Cotillard and Pierre Niney.
The letter argues that the ongoing closure of cinemas as part of anti-Covid-19 measures...
More than 800 key figures from the French cinema world have posted an open letter to president Emmanuel Macron in newspaper Le Monde, calling for the country’s cinemas to be reopened.
Spearheaded by French directors’ guild the Société des Réalisateurs de Film (Srf), signatories include filmmakers Jacques Audiard, Guillaume Canet, Claire Denis, Emmanuel Mouret, Chiara Mastroianni as well as actors Louise Bourgoin, Marion Cotillard and Pierre Niney.
The letter argues that the ongoing closure of cinemas as part of anti-Covid-19 measures...
- 3/3/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
France’s cinemas and other cultural venues are to remain closed until at least the end of January, French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced during a press conference this evening local time. The move is not terribly surprising given the country’s daily rate of new Covid-19 cases is well above the 5,000 threshold that had been set as a bar when France went into a second lockdown at the end of October.
Early last month, Castex said cinemas would not be able to reopen on December 15 as had initially been hoped. At that time, movie theaters were due to stay shuttered for at least three weeks. Today, that was extended through the rest of January with an update due on January 20. The government is notably awaiting data from the recent holiday period.
Along with cinemas, also remaining closed are museums, theaters and indoor sporting facilities. As for bars and restaurants,...
Early last month, Castex said cinemas would not be able to reopen on December 15 as had initially been hoped. At that time, movie theaters were due to stay shuttered for at least three weeks. Today, that was extended through the rest of January with an update due on January 20. The government is notably awaiting data from the recent holiday period.
Along with cinemas, also remaining closed are museums, theaters and indoor sporting facilities. As for bars and restaurants,...
- 1/7/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
French cinemas and theaters that were expected to reopen Dec. 15 will be staying closed until at least Jan. 7 due to the pandemic. The news was announced by France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday evening.
Along with cinemas and theaters, concert venues and museums will also remain shut until early January at the soonest.
“The numbers are not going down…and we know that the holiday period presents some risks. We cannot let our guard down,” said Castex.
“I know how much professionals in the culture sector have been preparing for the reopening [on Dec. 15]…It’s a particularly painful decision. But if we let ourselves be tempted by a reopening, the sanitary situation would be worse in January,” said Castex.
France President Emmanuel Macron said during a televised address on Nov. 24 that the country’s venues could reopen on Dec. 15 if the number of coronavirus cases had decreased to 5,000 per day,...
Along with cinemas and theaters, concert venues and museums will also remain shut until early January at the soonest.
“The numbers are not going down…and we know that the holiday period presents some risks. We cannot let our guard down,” said Castex.
“I know how much professionals in the culture sector have been preparing for the reopening [on Dec. 15]…It’s a particularly painful decision. But if we let ourselves be tempted by a reopening, the sanitary situation would be worse in January,” said Castex.
France President Emmanuel Macron said during a televised address on Nov. 24 that the country’s venues could reopen on Dec. 15 if the number of coronavirus cases had decreased to 5,000 per day,...
- 12/10/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Cinemas in France will not be able to reopen on December 15 which was the date initially set by the government late last month. They will instead remain closed for at least three weeks from that date, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said in an address to the nation this evening.
France has been in a second lockdown phase since the end of October, and while daily Covid-19 cases have considerably decreased over the past several weeks, they have recently hit a plateau that is about double the hoped for 5K ceiling.
This means there is more shuffling ahead for Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984, which had been scheduled for a December 16 release in France. It is as-yet unclear when it will be re-dated. More locally, and reacting with haste to FranceInfo, Le Pacte chief Jean Labadie noted he had been preparing the release of Maiwenn’s Adn (which had been...
France has been in a second lockdown phase since the end of October, and while daily Covid-19 cases have considerably decreased over the past several weeks, they have recently hit a plateau that is about double the hoped for 5K ceiling.
This means there is more shuffling ahead for Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984, which had been scheduled for a December 16 release in France. It is as-yet unclear when it will be re-dated. More locally, and reacting with haste to FranceInfo, Le Pacte chief Jean Labadie noted he had been preparing the release of Maiwenn’s Adn (which had been...
- 12/10/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Covid-19 cases have not fallen enough to allow cinemas and theatres to re-open.
French cinemas and theatres will remain closed until at least January 7, 2021 as part of national measures to rein in Covid-19 in France, prime minister Jean Castex confirmed on Thursday.
”Establishments receiving the public, which we had hoped to allow to reopen December 15, will stay closed for an extra three weeks,” said Castex, in a special televised address detailing the government’s latest strategy for managing the pandemic.
“Unfortunately, the conditions that were set to allow them to reopen have not been met,” he continued.
This ruling covers cinemas,...
French cinemas and theatres will remain closed until at least January 7, 2021 as part of national measures to rein in Covid-19 in France, prime minister Jean Castex confirmed on Thursday.
”Establishments receiving the public, which we had hoped to allow to reopen December 15, will stay closed for an extra three weeks,” said Castex, in a special televised address detailing the government’s latest strategy for managing the pandemic.
“Unfortunately, the conditions that were set to allow them to reopen have not been met,” he continued.
This ruling covers cinemas,...
- 12/10/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
French cinemas and theaters will remain closed until at least Jan. 7, 2021.
The French government Thursday announced it was extending lockdown measures, which were set to loosen Dec. 15, into early next year.
French prime minister Jean Castex said the measures were needed to rein in Covid-19 infections, which are again climbing in France. He said public establishments — including cinemas, theaters, clubs, and concert halls — will remain shut for at least another three weeks.
The decision is a blow to French cinemas and distributors, who were hard hit by the first, 14-week lockdown from mid-March to the end ...
The French government Thursday announced it was extending lockdown measures, which were set to loosen Dec. 15, into early next year.
French prime minister Jean Castex said the measures were needed to rein in Covid-19 infections, which are again climbing in France. He said public establishments — including cinemas, theaters, clubs, and concert halls — will remain shut for at least another three weeks.
The decision is a blow to French cinemas and distributors, who were hard hit by the first, 14-week lockdown from mid-March to the end ...
- 12/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
French cinemas and theaters will remain closed until at least Jan. 7, 2021.
The French government Thursday announced it was extending lockdown measures, which were set to loosen Dec. 15, into early next year.
French prime minister Jean Castex said the measures were needed to rein in Covid-19 infections, which are again climbing in France. He said public establishments — including cinemas, theaters, clubs, and concert halls — will remain shut for at least another three weeks.
The decision is a blow to French cinemas and distributors, who were hard hit by the first, 14-week lockdown from mid-March to the end ...
The French government Thursday announced it was extending lockdown measures, which were set to loosen Dec. 15, into early next year.
French prime minister Jean Castex said the measures were needed to rein in Covid-19 infections, which are again climbing in France. He said public establishments — including cinemas, theaters, clubs, and concert halls — will remain shut for at least another three weeks.
The decision is a blow to French cinemas and distributors, who were hard hit by the first, 14-week lockdown from mid-March to the end ...
- 12/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paris, Dec 4 (Ians) French Prime Minister Jean Castex said a three-phase Covid-19 vaccination program will be launched in "a matter of weeks" and people will have the jabs free of charge and voluntarily.
At a weekly briefing on the epidemic situation, Castex on Thursday said the vaccination campaign would be deployed gradually "according to a simple logic: priority is given to the most vulnerable people and those most likely to develop serious forms of the disease", Xinhua news agency reported.
Involving one million people, the first stage in early January will target the elderly in nursing homes and their medical staff who are at risk.
In the second phase in February, the government expects to inoculate 14 million people with age-related health risks or chronic diseases. A broader vaccination aimed at the general public is planned for the spring.
"We will be ready for the first vaccinations as soon as the vaccines are available,...
At a weekly briefing on the epidemic situation, Castex on Thursday said the vaccination campaign would be deployed gradually "according to a simple logic: priority is given to the most vulnerable people and those most likely to develop serious forms of the disease", Xinhua news agency reported.
Involving one million people, the first stage in early January will target the elderly in nursing homes and their medical staff who are at risk.
In the second phase in February, the government expects to inoculate 14 million people with age-related health risks or chronic diseases. A broader vaccination aimed at the general public is planned for the spring.
"We will be ready for the first vaccinations as soon as the vaccines are available,...
- 12/5/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
A time-stamp system means cinemas will be able to run early evening screenings in spite of a curfew.
French cinemas and theatres will be allowed to open their doors again on December 15 as France eases a second Covid lockdown introduced at the end of October.
President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a plan for a gradual partial lifting of France’s restrictions in a televised address on Tuesday evening (November 22).
In a small blow to exhibitors, a 9pm-7am curfew first introduced in mid-October ahead of the full lockdown will remain in place.
Macron noted, however, that “a time-stamp system” would be...
French cinemas and theatres will be allowed to open their doors again on December 15 as France eases a second Covid lockdown introduced at the end of October.
President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a plan for a gradual partial lifting of France’s restrictions in a televised address on Tuesday evening (November 22).
In a small blow to exhibitors, a 9pm-7am curfew first introduced in mid-October ahead of the full lockdown will remain in place.
Macron noted, however, that “a time-stamp system” would be...
- 11/25/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Measure will deliver further blow to country’s cinemas as they lose evening screenings.
France is set to expand the reach of its 9pm to 6am curfew, aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19, to more than half the country, in response to a further surge in cases of the virus over the past week.
French prime minister Jean Castex announced that another 38 departments would be subject to the measure as of Saturday evening (October 24) at a press conference on Thursday.
Under the move, 54 of France’s 94 departments are now under curfew and some 46million people out of the country...
France is set to expand the reach of its 9pm to 6am curfew, aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19, to more than half the country, in response to a further surge in cases of the virus over the past week.
French prime minister Jean Castex announced that another 38 departments would be subject to the measure as of Saturday evening (October 24) at a press conference on Thursday.
Under the move, 54 of France’s 94 departments are now under curfew and some 46million people out of the country...
- 10/22/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
A government-mandated curfew that was set in place in France last week has been widely extended across the country, and will come into effect from Friday night. An estimated 46M people (69% of the population) will be impacted by the new measures announced by Prime Minister Jean Castex this evening.
Residents of the 54 total areas (or départements) now involved (38 were added today) will be under strict curfew from 9Pm-6Am as France looks to stem the spread of Covid-19.
Along with the ongoing effect this will have on cinemas, which make most of their box office from evening showings, a three-day Cannes Film Festival event scheduled for next week has immediately responded by tailoring its timetable.
A festival rep tells Deadline that the premiere screenings originally scheduled to begin at 7Pm from October 27-29 will now be pushed back to 6Pm. Other screenings will take place as planned during the day.
Residents of the 54 total areas (or départements) now involved (38 were added today) will be under strict curfew from 9Pm-6Am as France looks to stem the spread of Covid-19.
Along with the ongoing effect this will have on cinemas, which make most of their box office from evening showings, a three-day Cannes Film Festival event scheduled for next week has immediately responded by tailoring its timetable.
A festival rep tells Deadline that the premiere screenings originally scheduled to begin at 7Pm from October 27-29 will now be pushed back to 6Pm. Other screenings will take place as planned during the day.
- 10/22/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Shoots in Paris not subject to night-time curfew.
Film and TV shoots will not be impacted by a 9pm to 6am curfew which comes into force in Paris and eight other major French cities on Saturday as part of new measures to slow the spread of Covid-19.
Paris Film, the city hall body which manages shooting authorisations and logistics across the French capital, posted the news on its site on Friday.
“Shoots as a professional activity are not affected by the curfew coming into effect in Paris on October 17 for minimum duration of four weeks,” the agency explained.
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Film and TV shoots will not be impacted by a 9pm to 6am curfew which comes into force in Paris and eight other major French cities on Saturday as part of new measures to slow the spread of Covid-19.
Paris Film, the city hall body which manages shooting authorisations and logistics across the French capital, posted the news on its site on Friday.
“Shoots as a professional activity are not affected by the curfew coming into effect in Paris on October 17 for minimum duration of four weeks,” the agency explained.
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- 10/16/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The French state commits exceptional resources to all levels of the film sector, whether exhibition, production, distribution, technical industries, internationalisation, future talent or heritage. Following on from French Prime Minister Jean Castex’s revelation of the broader lines of the recovery plan for the national film industry in late August (read our article), Minister for Culture Roselyne Bachelot has now provided greater detail on these support measures, on the occasion of the Annual Exhibitors Congress which took place in Deauville. In addition to the €50m in exceptional compensation put forward by the government in order to counter losses in cinema ticket sales, and the €50m it contributed to the guarantee fund for the revival of film shoots, launched back in June, a further €165m will be allocated to the Cnc with the aim of shoring up the audiovisual and film sectors. As anticipated, this €165m will comprise a sum of €60m.
Update, Writethru: Two people have been injured, including one who is in serious condition, in a knife attack near the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris’ 11th arrondissement. The police have arrested one suspect and detained another in the attack whose details are still unfolding. It has yet to be confirmed if the attack was terrorist related, however the national anti-terrorism unit has opened an investigation into a possible “assassination attempt in connection with a terrorist enterprise or criminal terrorist association.”
The injured are employees at independent TV production company and news agency Premieres Lignes which occupies the same floor as Charlie Hebdo’s former offices. The latter was the site of a terrorist attack which left 12 dead in January 2015. Premières Lignes co-produced HBO/BBC/France 2 documentary Three Days Of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks in 2016. It is also known for French investigative news program Cash Investigation,...
The injured are employees at independent TV production company and news agency Premieres Lignes which occupies the same floor as Charlie Hebdo’s former offices. The latter was the site of a terrorist attack which left 12 dead in January 2015. Premières Lignes co-produced HBO/BBC/France 2 documentary Three Days Of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks in 2016. It is also known for French investigative news program Cash Investigation,...
- 9/25/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
France is further bolstering the Cnc’s budget so as to mitigate the health crisis’s impact on the fund and to allow for targeted stimulus measures while awaiting the aid of streaming platforms. Following the emergency measures announced back in the spring, in the midst of the health crisis, the French government is now enacting its revival of the national film industry, a sector which has resisted disaster and recommenced activities, but which has found itself profoundly affected by the six-month storm which has only very recently passed. Opening the 13th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival (running 28 August – 2 September), and on the subject of the revival of the cultural sector, French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced an endowment of €165m for the Cnc, €60m of which is intended to fill the financial hole...
Money will be distributed across French film industry chain with focus on its 2,000 cinemas.
French prime minister Jean Castex has announced a $196m (€165m) rescue package for France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) as part of a massive $2.4bn recovery programme for the arts and culture sector, the full details of which are due to be revealed on September 3.
Castex detailed the aid earmarked for the Cnc at the opening of the Angouleme Francophone Film Festival in south-west France on Friday evening (28).
Created in 1946 as part of a drive to rebuild the country’s cinema industry in the wake of the Second World War,...
French prime minister Jean Castex has announced a $196m (€165m) rescue package for France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) as part of a massive $2.4bn recovery programme for the arts and culture sector, the full details of which are due to be revealed on September 3.
Castex detailed the aid earmarked for the Cnc at the opening of the Angouleme Francophone Film Festival in south-west France on Friday evening (28).
Created in 1946 as part of a drive to rebuild the country’s cinema industry in the wake of the Second World War,...
- 8/28/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Christopher Nolan’s hotly anticipated “Tenet” comes out in French theaters Wednesday, as in a host of overseas territories, and French exhibitors are dealing with a potential new challenge in luring back the public.
France’s recently appointed prime minister Jean Castex announced on Wednesday that face masks will now be mandatory in all areas in cinemas and other venues, even inside the auditoriums.
Up until now, face masks were only mandatory in public areas like halls, ticket booths and bathrooms of theaters, allowing moviegoers to take them off once seated.
Social distancing, meanwhile, will remain mandatory inside the screening rooms in areas where coronavirus is still active, notably in Paris and the surrounding area, Castex told the French radio station France Inter on Wednesday. Unlike in most other countries, France did not impose seating capacities in movie theaters, but rather requested that a one-meter distance be respected between each moviegoer or groups.
France’s recently appointed prime minister Jean Castex announced on Wednesday that face masks will now be mandatory in all areas in cinemas and other venues, even inside the auditoriums.
Up until now, face masks were only mandatory in public areas like halls, ticket booths and bathrooms of theaters, allowing moviegoers to take them off once seated.
Social distancing, meanwhile, will remain mandatory inside the screening rooms in areas where coronavirus is still active, notably in Paris and the surrounding area, Castex told the French radio station France Inter on Wednesday. Unlike in most other countries, France did not impose seating capacities in movie theaters, but rather requested that a one-meter distance be respected between each moviegoer or groups.
- 8/26/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex on Wednesday said that the state has earmarked €2 billion ($2.36 billion) for the cultural sector in the wake of the coronavirus. While the full economic recovery plan — €100B euros in total — will not be officially unveiled until September 3, the newly installed Castex told France Inter radio that the state believes “culture is an economic activity” and that “the cultural sector has greatly suffered from the crisis… more than others.”
The state’s priority, according to Castex, is that business gets back on track. He added, “I say to the French: Go to the cinema, go to the theater, you risk nothing.” The timing is notable given today sees the release of Christopher Nolan’s anticipated Tenet throughout the country. The Warner Bros title is the first major new Hollywood movie here and is hoped to provide a significant boost for the market which last weekend...
The state’s priority, according to Castex, is that business gets back on track. He added, “I say to the French: Go to the cinema, go to the theater, you risk nothing.” The timing is notable given today sees the release of Christopher Nolan’s anticipated Tenet throughout the country. The Warner Bros title is the first major new Hollywood movie here and is hoped to provide a significant boost for the market which last weekend...
- 8/26/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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